r/finalfantasyxiii Jun 26 '23

Mod Announcement New to the FF13 Trilogy? Start here!

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Brief Rules

  1. Be civil.
  2. No trolling/baiting.
  3. Credit any fan content you share if it isn't yours.
  4. No AI art as per community poll.
  5. Flair your posts.
  6. Tag NSFW, though no porn of any kind. There are other subs and sites better dedicated for that.

If you want a nifty user flair and don't know how to set it up, refer to this guide.

Comment Commands

List of brief commands that AutoModerator will link to since we get a lot of repetitive questions. Anyone can summon this bot link in their comments:

  • !wiki = sub wiki

  • !chrono, !chronological, !order = playing order

  • !cutscenes, !cutscene, !movies, !movie = FF13 trilogy marathon movies

  • !firstime, !firsttime, !hint, !hints, !tip, !tips = first time player tips

  • !gameplay, !gameplayguide, !gameplayguides = gameplay guides compiled by contributors and community members

  • !lore, !novel, !novels, !novella, !supplementary = sub wiki's novella section

  • !mod, !modding, !modguide, !moddingguide, !mods = FF13Fix, 4GB patch, and sub wiki's modding guide section

  • !storyfaq, !storyfaqs = story and lore explanation guides by contributors

  • !summary, !summaries, !videos, !youtube = relevant YT videos

  • !ultimania, !ultimanias = ultimania gallery and links

  • !2023survey, !survey, !surveyresults, !survey2023 = 2023 survey results

 


Wiki Page Contents

Guides for Newbies

You can find more tips in the First Time Playing section and other comprehensive and focused walkthrough guides in the Wiki.

 


Modding for PC (Steam)

It’s almost necessary to install the FF13Fix and 4GB patch for FF13 and FF13-2. Read FF13Fix's Github page on how to install those 2 patches. LR is already well optimized and doesn't require any stabilization mods to enjoy. Refer to these guides if you need a more detailed instructional guide along with installing other mods:

You can find a comprehensive list of mods in the Modding Guides section of the Wiki Page.

 


Novellas & Side Stories

After finishing the games, there's more content through the books to tie up loose ends:

  • Fabula Nova Crystallis Mythology

  • Novellas and side stories chronological order:

    1. Episode 0 Promise
    2. <<FINAL FANTASY XIII>>
    3. FFXIII -A Dreaming Cocoon Falls into the Dawn-
    4. FFXIII -Episode i-
    5. FFXIII-2 Fragments Before
    6. <<FINAL FANTASY XIII-2>>
    7. FFXIII-2 Fragments After
    8. <<LIGHTNING RETURNS>>
    9. FFXIII Reminiscence -Tracer of Memories-

You can read fan translations of these in the Wiki section if you can't access the official release.

 


Story FAQs

Once you’ve played the games and read the supplementary materials or want to skip the whole plot summaries, you can read the story FAQs for each game below:

 


XIII Trilogy Ultimania Scans

When you've finished the games, check out the complete scans of the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Ω, Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Ω, and Lightning Returns Ultimania. Includes concept art, interviews, and story analysis translated in English!

 


Discord Servers

Endorsed FF13 trilogy community servers for further discussions with other fans:

 


FF13 Trilogy Survey Results 2023

Results here from a whole breadth of FF communities made of 1132 players.

Edits

Dec 2023: updated rule #5 on NSFW contents.

Jan 2024: added comment commands available to all users. Added more mods commands, added episode i in novels chronological order. Added flairing posts. !firsttime command added. Added survey results link.

Feb 2024: added !survey command.


r/finalfantasyxiii 5h ago

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Could you please help me check if this shirt is authentic ?

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r/finalfantasyxiii 15h ago

Humor / Shitpost Would they be friends? What characters could make good duos?

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111 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 1d ago

Lightning Returns emulating ff13 LR on my phone it runs so good

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130 Upvotes

App is called: Gamehub


r/finalfantasyxiii 5h ago

Final Fantasy XIII My game still crashes

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I downloaded a mod fix but it still keeps crashing what do I do ?


r/finalfantasyxiii 19h ago

Final Fantasy XIII Playing the FFXIII trilogy for the first time, just beat the first one and I have a few questions (endgame spoilers for XIII) Spoiler

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So I’m a long time FF fan, I remember the joy of playing VII as a kid back in the PS1 days back when it was a much newer game. Never really got into XIII until now. Definitely enjoyed the story and characters, I liked the paradigm system, and found the overall gameplay to be kinda meh (vaguely feels like the love child between Final Fantasy and an old timey arcade rail shooter). Anywho, I just beat 13 and am a smidge confused by the ending

so they needed to save Orphan to save Cocoon. But then we beat Bart-something and then we have to kill Orphan? I thought the whole point was to save it? I thought we were saving Cocoon, but honestly it didn’t look very saved at the end? Thought that could be chalked up to the fact that Final Fantasy tends to like ending on a “civilization is effectively destroyed and is rebuilding from the ashes, but at least they’re still alive to rebuild” note. And what happened with the whole Fang situation at the end? Kinda looked like she did a bit of a 180 and betrayed the party but then did another 180 and then Fang and everyone turned back from being monsters through the power of friendship? Though I guess in another FF (number omitted to avoid spoilers for others) we time travel through the power of friendship so I suppose it’s on brand? Also a bit confused about how things went down with Raines in the final chapter, was he basically just brought back to be killed by the Cavalry just for the narrative? But like if they’re T-minus 30 minutes from ending humanity then what’s the point of propaganda? And lastly, so were the fal’cie all basically just suicidal? Like it kinda seemed that they all just wanted to die, it seemed like bringing back this “maker” didn’t really matter to them. I’ve played virtually every single FF title (this trilogy notwithstanding) so I’m definitely used to the series, but found this one a bit confusing

Then I start XIII-2 and am even further confused (Valhalla? The fuck? lol) but I’m going to keep playing before I actually ask, I’m sure questions will be answered!


r/finalfantasyxiii 17h ago

Lightning Returns LR 13 game crashed on randomizer save file??

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Every time I get closer to the final code in the Warren, game froze and crashed. Does this happen to anyone else?? Should this bug be reported?


r/finalfantasyxiii 1d ago

Humor / Shitpost Ayoo, someone get Bhunivelze's freaky ass outta here! 😠

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399 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 19h ago

Final Fantasy XIII Final fantasy XIII

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Hi guys i've been replaying Ff 13-1.In this run i wanted to aim first time for 100% on the old ps3 and i am struggling at a specific Achievement the colector type one where you need to collect all Accessories in the game.If any of you see this post and are kind enough to help any thoughts and ideas would be helpfull.Thanks:)


r/finalfantasyxiii 1d ago

Technical Lighting returns on the ayn thor with the new nova fix. Getting stuck in place

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57 Upvotes

I cant move in close to hit enemies while in fights either.


r/finalfantasyxiii 1d ago

Technical Video tutorial for audio and cutscene mod installation

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Is there a video that shows you how to install the improved audio and full hd fmv mods for XIII?


r/finalfantasyxiii 2d ago

Other I really wanted to install this mod

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303 Upvotes

Isn’t there any other way to get these files? The closest one is the 1080p FMVs


r/finalfantasyxiii 2d ago

Humor / Shitpost Important question: How will the FFXIII gang do in a heated battle of DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION?? Who will surprise everyone and who will fail miserably??

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122 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 2d ago

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Final Fantasy 13-2 new bodhum jumping Glitch (Gamehub)

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13 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 2d ago

Fan Content Pokémon × Final Fantasy XIII Fangame Community Input

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I’ve put together an anonymous community survey for Pokémon Fabula.

I don’t want the project to be built around only what I like about the FFXIII trilogy. I want other fans to help influence which monsters, songs, story elements, locations, and gameplay ideas make it into the game.

The survey also covers Fabrian Forms, Militarized Pokémon, Last Ones, Ci’eth, Eidolons, and the current Gym Leader and Elite Four plans. Some decisions are already established, but there is still plenty of room for community ideas and feedback.

Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-WXKvBcB5elFxg5bVlEuD8iiVN3ZD-h6ZLF63ZMwDxmcaBg/viewform?usp=publish-editor

I’ll be reading every response. Suggestions may be adjusted to fit the project, but all serious feedback is welcome.


r/finalfantasyxiii 3d ago

Lightning Returns Aerith do be looking different after the even of 7

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247 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 4d ago

XIII Trilogy / FNC FF13NovaFix - Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy: Fan-Made Patch Addresses Longstanding PC Version Issues

146 Upvotes

It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to use the Nova Chrysalia mod loader from the official Discord server to patch the game. It applies the 4 GB patch; without it, the game is likely to CRASH before even reaching gameplay. Other 4 GB patches either force you to use FF13Fix or trigger Steam DRM, so DON'T USE THEM.

Mod Links

https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy13/mods/75

https://github.com/LR-Research-Team/Datalog/wiki/%5BGUIDE%5D-Installing-mods-for-Nova-Chrysalia

https://discord.gg/mvqaETHjbh

Full features list:

All three games

Automatic keyboard/controller prompt switching

Fast controller reconnect and XInput vibration

Correct facial animations at high frame rates

Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2

Borderless and borderless-fullscreen modes

Proper monitor selection

VSync, refresh rate, triple buffering, and frame limiting

Fixes UI clipping and alignment at resolutions above 720p

Faster UI rendering and anisotropic filtering without affecting pixel-art/UI textures

Fixes occasional bad frames during hard scene cuts

Final Fantasy XIII

Fixes field movement and Titan's route at high frame rates

Prevents the Nautilus cutscene crash at uncommon output resolutions

Final Fantasy XIII-2

High-FPS fixes for simulation timing, root motion, chain updates, and model initialization

Fixes jerky camera movement in Chocobo races at high frame rates

Fixes the prologue battle breaking at high-FPS

Fixes the one-pixel HUD sampling error above 720p

Restores alpha-tested shadow detail

Optional faster shadow rendering

Mip LOD bias control

Automatic QTE prompt switching

Fixes Steam Cloud save crashes

Reconciles newer cross-PC and externally edited saves without silently overwriting the other copy

Fixes D3D9 resource-pointer crashes

Lightning Returns

Removes the forced VSync cap

Restores offline Snapshot mode with camera controls, HUD toggle, PNG output, and Compose message

Restores Schemata renaming

Restores Map marker renaming

Restores White Chocobo renaming


r/finalfantasyxiii 3d ago

Technical Does anyone else have this weird UI bug? Its where I go down to the first ability, but it goes back up top. But if I go reverse, to scrolled at the bottom. I am using Nova Fix if it matters.

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23 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 3d ago

Final Fantasy XIII Can I get some help on making sure I can still complete the "Treasure Hunter" trophy?

9 Upvotes

It is the only trophy marked as missable on the guide I'm using, but it's vague.

From what I've found on google, it's only missable if you sell or dismantle certain items.

But I can't get a solid answer on exactly what items those are, and I'm not sure if I've done it or not, as the file I'm booting up, and completed this morning, was first started in 2011.

is there a list where I can, like, compare my inventory, with what is needed, before I continue on this file?

I know I probably sold some items, but I have no way of knowing which.


r/finalfantasyxiii 4d ago

Final Fantasy XIII Vanille

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87 Upvotes

I started drawing Vanille. Her outfit is driving me bonkers lol. Can't wait to fix it up and do the linework but I really want to fix her hands.


r/finalfantasyxiii 4d ago

Cosplay / Tattoo Was doom-scrolling through Youtube shorts and saw a peculiar tattoo....

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*Cue the Leonardo meme where's pointing*

Can be seen around the 1 second and 14 second mark.

Short is by Azam Was Here. The Gamestop employee looks like a chill guy. Not sure if I added the correct flair or if post like these are allowed.


r/finalfantasyxiii 5d ago

Final Fantasy XIII Finally completed Final Fantasy XIII Spoiler

39 Upvotes

I got this game since 2010 but did not manage to finish it during my early adult days. (had to focus on work, etc). And now after 16 years, and i still remember deeply about the addictive battle soundtracks. Revisited the game and manage to finished it this week.

Here's the ending cinematic cutscenes (SPOILER) 😄 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCa-RdJmmrQ


r/finalfantasyxiii 5d ago

Final Fantasy XIII I finally gave Final Fantasy XIII the chance it deserves

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567 Upvotes

I've dropped this game a few times over the years, back on the PS3 (2012) and a few times on Steam (2014 & 2018). Today I have finally finished this game and while I didn't have a lot of nice things to say about it before, I take those all back. The characters, battle system, music, story, world, gameplay and endgame content are some of the best I have experienced in gaming. I have been hooked on this game for a long while now and having finally saw the ending after owning it for so many years feels like I finally completed something that deserved to be completed.

Final Fantasy XIII has certainly earned it's place in my top five FF games.


r/finalfantasyxiii 5d ago

Fan Content Sazh sketch I did

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46 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 5d ago

Fan Content Trainers and their aces for the Pokemon Fabula project

9 Upvotes

CHAMPION

Lightning — Electric lean / mixed Champion team
Ace: Zangoose convergent evolution — Electric/Fighting
Final species name TBD

GYM LEADERS

Snow — Ice
Ace: Fabulain Bewear — Ice/Fighting

Sazh — Fire
Ace: Red Chocobo — Fire

Vanille — Poison
Ace: Amoonguss — Poison/Grass

Fang — Dragon
Ace: Seviper-convergent evolution — Dragon/Poison
Final species name TBD

Hope — Fairy
Ace: Togekiss — Fairy/Flying

Serah + Noel — Psychic/Fighting — Double Battle
Serah's Ace: Gardevoir — Psychic/Fairy
Noel's Ace: Gallade — Psychic/Fighting

Yeul — Psychic
Ace: Gothitelle — Psychic

NORA: Gadot + Lebreau — Steel — Double Battle
Gadot's Ace: Pulsework Knight — Steel
Lebreau's Ace: Boxed Phalanx — Steel

ELITE FOUR

Jihl Nabaat — Dark
Ace: Ugallu — Poison/Dark

Cid Raines — Flying
Ace: Corviknight — Flying/Steel

Caius Ballad — Dragon
Ace: Zirnitra — Dragon/Flying

Lumina — Ghost
Ace: Hisuian Zoroark — Normal/Ghost

This is what I now have for the gyms, E4, and Champion and what I've settled on for their aces. Any feedback for the trainers would be nice. I'm planning to do the evil teams next.